Looks like there will be more attention from the White House on community colleges in North Carolina.
As part of his overall budget plan, President Barack Obama today proposed an $8 billion Community College to Career Fund, meant to train 2 million workers with upgraded skills. Obama wants Congress to create the fund, which would be used to form partnerships between community colleges and business to train workers in fields that are growing jobs.
A bus tour to sell the strategy will start next week and wrap up in Greensboro on Feb. 24. Jill Biden and U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis will travel on a bus to highlight innovative industry partnerships in Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia and North Carolina.
Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, has been a community college instructor for years.
North Carolina community college students have been mentioned by Obama in the last two State of the Union addresses.
